A crash on Wilmington-Peotone Road between a semi-truck and a motorcycle resulted in the death of a Peotone man.

On May 15, 2012, John Miaczynski was driving his 2000 Ducati motorcycle eastbound on Wilmington-Peotone Road near the I-57 interchange. Truck driver Willie Lipsey, of Indianapolis,  was coming off of southbound I-57 and turning westward but failed to yield as he began to turn. Miaczynski’s bike was unable to avoid the vehicle and hit the passenger side of the truck.

Miaczynski, 52, was taken to Provena St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee and was pronounced dead there at 7:24 a.m. Lipsey, 56, refused medical treatment and was not injured. Lipsey has been charged for failure to yield at an intersection at this time.

Negligence on the part of a driver can lead to changes in the make-up of a family. If you or a loved one knows someone who has an injured or lost a family member due to an accident with a semi-truck, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Joliet is facing revocation of their license to operate a nursing home as well as the loss of Medicare reimbursement from the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The investigation from CMS was a result of complaints about a 26-year-old male resident who sexually, physically or mentally assaulted 23 residents. This resident allegedly threatened his victims not to report his behavior or he would return with a gun. It was also found that the facility was not monitoring controlled substances in a proper manner.

Illinois Department of Public Health currently has a monitor in the facility because residents were being transferred to other facilities without regards to their preferences. Sixteen residents were transferred between March 17th and March 23^rd of 2012, 10 of whom complained to IDPH. One former resident was quoted in an IDPH report as stating they were told ”Hillcrest was closing” and that “the facility… did something very wrong and everyone had to go.”

When things go wrong at a nursing facility, residents need someone to look after their interest. If you or someone you know has a loved one in a nursing home who has been neglected or abused, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Administrators for a Joliet nursing home, that has been in the center of conflict, will now be meeting with the Illinois state health department in order to determine whether or not that home will remain operating or not.

After  multiple incidents were reported, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be ending the provider agreement at the nursing home on Tuesday. After officials investigated the Hillcrest Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center and found that there were incidents of resident-to-resident sexual abuse at the nursing home.

According to a spokesperson with the Illinois Department of Public Health, the nursing home will no longer be able to receive federal funding, which in many cases results in the closure of facilities because it is too difficult to operate.

A license revocation was filed by the IDPH in April, but Hillcrest officials will have a hearing on the matter on June 5. Officials also stated that there was an issue with patients being transferred without a regard to where they wanted to go. Ten out 16 patients transferred have filed complaints.

Nursing home abuse and negligence is a serious issue that affects the ones in our lives that may not be able to speak up for themselves. Contact the Kankakee nursing home abuse lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C. today if your loved one has been a victim of abuse.

The Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago was the scene of an early morning collision that involved two motorcycles and a car that left one man dead.

About 1:30 a.m. on May 14, the motorcycles were driving near the intersection of Lawrence and Damen. According to a witness, a car was making a left turn when the motorcycles struck the car.

Three people were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. It was here that one of the motorcyclists was pronounced dead. His identity has not been released at this time. The condition of the other two people is not known at this time.

Accidents happen quickly and change the make up of a family that quickly. If you or a loved one knows someone who had been injured or died in a motorcycle accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

An intersection near the Central District police station in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago was the scene of a collision between a civilian and a marked squad car belonging to the Chicago Police Department in the early hours of Friday morning.

At about 1:30 a.m. the police squad car was heading north on Clark Avenue. A white Lexus  attempting to make a left turn pulled out in front of the squad car, causing the police car to collide with the Lexus.

Junior Hernandez, 37, was cited for driving under the influence and failure to yield the right-of-way while making a left turn. No one was injured in the case although the police car’s front bumper and right headlight were hanging off of the car.

An injury caused by an accident does not always show symptoms right away. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured in a car accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A Libertyville home was damaged when a car struck the side after attempting to elude police.

On Saturday, May 5, police noticed a car traveling at a high rate of speed around 12:30 a.m. on Route 176. The driver managed to dodge the police but officers later found Andrew T. Gregory, 19, still in his car on the 800 block of Valley Park Drive with broad damages to the front-end of the car. His car went off the road and had struck the home.

The Libertyville teen suffered minor injuries from the accident. The residents of the home were inside at the time of the crash but they were not injured. The home suffered structural damage although the extent was not known. Gregory has been charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, criminal damage to property, two counts of speeding, three counts of disobeying a stop sign, reckless driving and driving too fast for conditions.

Reckless driving can lead to damage not only to the driver and his vehicle but to others as well. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been in an accident with a reckless driver and suffered injuries, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com

A young man who had been struck by a car in South Barrington on April 30, 2012 died this past weekend.

Cole Deacon, of Palatine, was in the Barrington Road near Terra Vita Drive around 1:30 a.m. on the late April night. Terra Vita Drive at this point leads to a subdivision and is located near Willow Creek Community Church. That is when the 19-year-old man was hit by a 2003 Toyota Corolla driven by a Schaumburg man.

Deacon suffered severe injuries including a major brain injury and numerous fractures. He was being treated at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital for these injuries. The Cook County Coroner’s office planned to do an autopsy. The initial investigation has not found out why Deacon was in the street and citations have not been issued at this time.

Accidents can happen to pedestrians as well as passengers of a car. If you or a loved one has lost someone in a pedestrian and car accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A Plano man was killed after a semi-truck accident occurred on Dralle Road.

According to police officials, the accident occurred at 2:20 p.m. when the 32-year-old driver of a van was traveling westbound down the road and he struck the back of a semi-truck that was stopped.

The van driver was  pronounced dead on the scene while the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries and was transported to the hospital to be treated. Further details have not been released at this time.

The City of Chicago Council’s Finance Committee has approved to pay a couple a settlement of $450,000 in regards to a piece of concrete that fell from a viaduct onto the couple’s car in 2007.

Shelly Davis, her husband, Omar  McRoberts, and their three-year-old daughter were stopped at a traffic light on the middle deck of a three-level structure at the intersection of East South Water Drive and North Columbus Drive when a 50-pound piece of concrete fell on their windshield.

Davis was 18 weeks along in a pregnancy at the time. While her unborn child was not injured, Davis suffered a crushing knee injury that could not be addressed until after the birth of her child. McRoberts received injuries on his right hand. Their daughter was not injured.

The couple claimed that the city failed to maintain the viaduct despite a 311 call reporting loose concrete and past independent bridge inspection reports noting a need to remove the loose concrete on the upper decks.

Falling concrete makes a routine drive into a day with painful injuries. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured by crumbling building materials, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

On Friday, May 4^th, a young man collided with a semi truck while riding his motorcycle.

John Waksmundzki, of Justice, was driving his motorcycle on Friday afternoon down Joliet Road in Woodridge when the 19-year-old man collided with a semi-truck. The accident took place at Joliet Road and 107^th Street. It was not raining at the time of the accident, nor was anyone else hurt.

Waksmundzki was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:27 p.m. The Will County coroner’s office performed an autopsy on Saturday and it was determined that the Justice resident died from multiple injuries caused by the crash. The crash remains under investigation as it has not been determined how the crash occurred at this time.

If you or a loved one has lost someone in a two-vehicle accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.